Combination latch hasp and staple



W. N. AND C. J. TENNY.

COMBINATION LATCH HASP AND STAPLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10. 1919.

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PatentedAug. 12,1919.

W. N. AND C. J. TEN NY.

' COMBINATION LATCH HASP AND sTAPLEL APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 191's).

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-While the design and construction at pres-f WILLIAM N. TENNY CLARENCE J. OF SHERMAN, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATION LATCH HASP D STABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ,WILLIAM N. TENnY and CLARENCE' J. TENNY, citizens of the United States, residing at Sherman, 1n the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Latch Hasps and Staples, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved combination latch hasp and staple particularly adapted for sliding and swmging doors, preferably barn and granary doors.

The invention aims to provide a Very vs1mple, efficient, and practical device of this kind, and which may be cheaply manufactured, and sold at a reasonable profit.

The invention further aims to provide an improved hasp constructed from a single piece of sheet metal bent upon itself to provide a tongue for engagement wlth a keeper or staple, whereby the hasp, may be retalned firmly in position, when the door closed. i The invention further aims to provide a keeper, or staple, so formed from a single piece of sheet metal, as to provide means,

to permit the keeper or staple to receive the tongue of the hasp, whether it is earned by a swinging or sliding door, and yet retain the door in a closed position. I-

' The invention further aims to provide a combined latch and keeper device which may be used on the right or the left side of the door, permitting the device to perform its functions as efficiently ent illustrated and set forth is deemed preferable, ity is obvious that as a result of a reduction of the invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, the invention may be susceptible to changes, and the rightto these changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended-within the scope of 'what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features andcombination-of parts, as will be hereinafter setforth, shown in the drawings and 1.5Q claimed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

on one side,:-as, on g formed .wlth 'a tongue 11. This tongue is PatentedAug. 12, 1919.

Application filed May 10, 1919. Serial No. 296,128.

y In the drawingsi Figure 1 is a perspective view of the com bined latch or hasp and staple constructed in accorclance'with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view'of the same;

Fig. 3 is. a longitudinal sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the latch,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the keeper;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank which forms the latch; I Y

Fig. 7 is a plan View of the blank which forms the keeper; and

Fig. 8' is a detail view of a latch showing elongated openings instead of the circular openings 13.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates a portion of a door, which may beeither a sliding or swinging door, and secured by screws 2' to the outer face of the door is a plate 3. a One end of the .plate is bent upon ltself as shown at 4 toprovide an ear 5, be tween which and thebody of the plate a latch 6 is .pivotally mounted upon the pin .7.

This" pin- 7 has its opposite ends headed, as

shown, inorder to prevent the removal of the pin. The latch 6 is. constructed from a single piece of sheet metal preferably of the shape shown in-Fig. 6, and in orderto form the latch this. sheet metalplate is bent upon itself as shown at 8,,and again upon itself as shown at9 .and 10. As shown in Figs. 6 and-7, thelocations of the bends 8-, 9 and 10 are indicated by virtue of the scored lines. By bending the sheet metal .plate'at these points, it will be noted that the latch is on the bends 8, 9 and 10, that is in connection-with an anvil. In order to obtain the best results the sheet metal plate, such as shownin-Fig. 6, may be subjected to heat,

so that the bends 8, 9 and 10 are more or less positive, and the sides 12 will remain closer in contact. The opposite portions 12 are provided with openings 13, and it is to be noted that when the parts 12 are brought closely in contact with each other, the openings 13 will register. It is to be noted that one set of openings 13 may receive the shackle-of a padlock, in order to hold the tongue of the latch in engagement with the keeper. As shown in Fig. 8, the tongue of the latch may be provided with an elongated opening l-l, instead of the openings 13. This elongated opening 14 is constructed, by forming elongated openings in the opposite portions 12, so that when thesheet metal is bent upon itself as at 8, 9 and 10, the openings in the parts 12 will register, and form the elongated opening 13..

The keeper is constructed from a single piece of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 7, and thiskeeper 16 may be secured by any suitable means, preferably screws 17, to the side of the barn or granary or other housing; 3 This keeper is formed by bending the sheet meta'l'plate upon itself as shown at 18, 19 and 20. The bend 18 ismore in the form of a curve, so that the opposite portions 21. of the keeper are spaced, for the reception of the tongue of the latch, when dropped into engagement with the keeper. When making the bends 19 and 20, the parts 22 are disposed at right-angles to the opposite portions '21, and through these parts 22, the securing screws pass. The opposite spaced portions 21 of the keeper are provided with registering openings 23, with which the openings 13, or the elongated slot of the tongue of the latch registers,'for the reception of the shackle 24 of the adlock 25, thereby retaining the tongue of tie latch in engagement with the keeper. It is to be noted that where the sheet metal plate is bent treat 19 and '20, the plate'is also provided with elongated slots 26. These slots, when the sheet meta'l plate is bent upon it.- self to form the spaced parts 12, register, Whereby'the tongue may enter the space between ,the opposed parts 21 of the keeper. In order to permit the tongue to readily enter the space between the opposed parts 21, said parts at points adjacent the slots 26 are flared outwardly, as indicated at 27 It is also to be noted that the upper edges of the opposed parts 21 are inclined, in order to permit the latch to ride upwardly thereon, provided the latch assumes a position to accomplish this function, so that the tongue may enter the space between the opposed parts 21. It is to be noted that when the latch is closed, it overlies the securing screws ofthe latch supporting plate, which is carried by the door, and also overlies certain of the securing screws of the keeper, therebypreventing access to the securing screws with a screw-driver, that is when the latch is in engagement with its keeper, and a padlock passing through the opposite portions 21 and the tongue.

Furthermore, it will be noted that this particular form of latch and hasp may be used either upon swinging or sliding doors. When used on a swinging door, the latch maybe raised, and allowed to engage the opposite registering slots 26, so that the tongue of the latch may enter the space between the opposed parts 21. If the latch is used in connection with a sliding door, it will be noted that the latch may easily cooperate with the keeper, in a manner similar to that when the latch is employed in connection with a'swinging door.

The invention havingbeen set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is: I

1. The combination with a latch supporting plate adapted to be carried by a door, of a keeper to be securedto and carried by the side of the housing adjacent one side of the door opening, saldkeeper comprising laterally extending spaced' parallel parts having opposite registering openings, a latch pivotally mounted upon the latch supporting plate and provided with a tongue adapt-- ed to enter the space between the opposite parallel parts of the keeper, said opposite parallel parts of the keeper and the tongue having registering openings, for the recep;

tion of locking means.

2. The combination with a keeper to be secured to the side of a housing near'one end of a door opening and provided with a laterally extending keeper member, said keeper member comprising opposed parallel parts having registering openings, said keeper having opposed registering slots, of a latch pivotal'ly carried by a door and adapted to be swung downwardly to enter the slots, said latch having a' laterally extending tongue, to enter the space between the opposite parallel parts of the keeper member, said tongue having an opening to cooperate with the openings of the'keeper member for the reception of the shackle of a padlock.

' 3. The combination with a keeper constructed from a single piece of sheet metal bent upon itself to form opposite parallel spaced walls extending laterally, said walls having registering openings, and where said walls are bent from the body of the plate being provided with registering slots, means for securing the keeper to the side of the housing adjacent a door'opening, of a latch supporting plate carried by the door, a latch pivotallymounted on the supporting plate, said latch being constructed from a single piece of sheet metal, bent upon itself to form parallel walls of the keeper, said tongue hav- In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix ing an opening to register with the openings our signatures in the presence of two wit- 10 of the keeper, when the latch engages the nesses.

registering slots, whereby the openings of WILLIAM N. TENNY. the tongue and keeper may receive a pad- CLARENCE J. TENNY. look shackle, said latch being disposed and Witnesses:

arranged, so as to overlie the securing means OLIVE W. MOORE,

of the keeper. H. A. ISHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

